"Brewer appoints Republican to state Supreme Court": The Arizona Republic has a news update that begins, "Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed Court of Appeals Judge Ann Scott Timmer to the Arizona Supreme Court. Timmer, 52 and a Republican, will fill the seat left vacant when Justice Andrew Hurwitz was appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year."

"Dear Justice Kennedy: Your Daughter Was My College Roommate; An open letter to a Supreme Court justice who may change the future of affirmative action." Susan Stellin has this essay online at The Atlantic.Posted at 02:36 PM by Howard Bashman

"Stored Communications Act Doesn't Reach Opened Webmails": At the "E-Commerce & Tech Law Blog" of Bloomberg BNA, Thomas O'Toole has a post that begins, "The South Carolina Supreme Court held today that opened email messages on a web-based email service provider are not protected by the federal Stored Communications Act."

"Appeals court reinstates campaign finance limits": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana's campaign donation limits, telling the federal judge who overturned it to outline his full reasoning so the panel can review the case."

"The Bingo Act's restrictions on the use of bingo proceeds for political advocacy are permissible conditions on a government subsidy and do not operate to penalize speech."So ruled a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday in a First Amendment challenge to limitations imposed under the Texas Bingo Enabling Act on how charities may use bingo proceeds.Posted at 08:02 AM by Howard Bashman

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

"The Hidden Stakes of the Election": Today at the blog of The New York Review of Books, law professor Cass R. Sunstein has a post that begins, "It is not exactly news that there are big differences between judges chosen by Republican presidents and judges chosen by Democratic presidents. Of course the most visible differences involve constitutional law."Posted at 11:15 PM by Howard Bashman